Czech Republic secures LNG through Dutch terminal

PRAGUE, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Republic has secured an annual gas capacity of 3 billion cubic meters from a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Netherlands, the Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Sikela said on Tuesday.

Sikela said in a statement that his ministry, in cooperation with the energy company CEZ Group, secured the lease of the capacity from the floating LNG terminal in Eemshaven, northern Netherlands, so as to "strengthen the country's energy security and reduce energy dependence on Russia."